In Brief: Grocer Chain to Test Check E-Conversion

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. - BankServ, a San Francisco payments software developer, said it will conduct a 90-day test starting next month with Price Chopper, a supermarket chain, that would let the retailer convert checks written at the point of sale into electronic payments.

The test would be the first electronic check conversion program undertaken by a large U.S. grocery chain, BankServ officials said.